Continue file-copying even if error occurs in Windows using an Xcopy alternative replacement tool

This post will show you how to continue copying your files even when an error occurs. Also, you can skip the same type of error so that you are not prompted each time. You can later review the log to learn why the error occurs.

Error Pop-ups

While copying large number of files, we often see a window pop up saying ‘An error occurred while copying’. Isn’t this very annoying ? Wouldn’t it be great if instead of attending to every error message, you can skip that particular type of error during that file copy instance and continue with the rest of the copy.

To understand this better, we will compare Windows Xcopy tool with an alternative software , Copywhiz.

What is Copywhiz?

Enhance your file-copy experience with Copywhiz as it let’s you to have more flexibility & more control over the file-copying process. Here is how Copywhiz makes file copying a breeze:

Steps to continue copying even on error

Using Xcopy

For Ex: To copy files from ‘C:\project’ to the folder ‘D:\Backup‘, by excluding the files with errors, the following command line will be used:

xcopy “C:\project D:\Backup /c

However, using Xcopy commands are not easy to use. System administrators may be able to use. But Xcopy is not for common users.

Using Copywhiz:

Watch this short video that depicts this feature:

When copying files, Copywhiz does not stop on error. Instead it lets you retry or skip that particular file & proceed.

Also, if a file is locked (file-in-use) , Copywhiz will wait until you unlock the file. In fact, Copywhiz will show you which program is using the file so that you can close the program in order to continue with file copy.

If the disk is full , Copywhiz will show how much space you need to free in order to complete the operation successfully as shown below:

Now here comes the best part.

You can configure Copywhiz to run it silently. This means you will no longer be asked any questions when copying files. Also, duplicate files will be replaced by default and error logs will be generated.

All you need to do is click on the General Tab in the Advanced Settings and select the option “Run Silently”.